Hip rein-support



(No Model.)

A. KEMPKEY.

v HIP REIN SUPPORT. No. 397.922. Patented Feb. 19, 1889.

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTUS KEMPKEY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

HIP RElN-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 897,922, dated February19, 1889.

Application filed December 3, 1888. Serial No. 292,554 (No model.)

To all whom it 11mg concern.-

Be it known that l AUGUSTUS KEMPKEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in HipRein- Supports, of which the following is afull, clear, and exactdescription, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

The accompanying drawing is referred to and made a part of thisspecification.

The drawing shows a perspective view of my invention and the manner ofattaching it to the harness.

The object of my invention is to provide a support for the driving-reinsattached to the harness at the junction of the hip and back straps,keeping them upon the horses back and-above his tail, preventing thereins gettingunder the horses tail in H y time or at any time, and fromget-ting caught in the harness. It may be of metal or any other suitable material, and plated and ornamented to match the other trimmingsot' the harness.

I do not contine my invention to the exact shape of the support shown inthe drawing; but it may be constructed of a form and shape to suit thetaste and convenience of the user.

It consists of a bar, A, which has two loops, B B, formed on its underside for the passage of the hip-strap through them, space for thebackstrap being left between said loops. This bar is bent upward in themiddle at a, and it is also bent over upon itself at each end to formopen spaces A for the reception of the reins. The ends of the said barare bent upward, leaving a space, a, between them,

through which the reins may be passed to said open spaces A. It iseasily attached to and removed from the harness.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent,

A rein-support consisting, of a bar bent up-' AUGUSTUS KEMPKEY.

Witnesses:

ANDREW C. CUNNINGHAM, GEO. 0. Simmons.

